I am a writer, editor, teacher, and translator. My positions have included 2009 Distinguished Northwest Writer in Residence at Seattle University and 2006-2008 Writer in Residence at Richard Hugo House, Seattle's literary center.

My nonfiction has appeared (or is forthcoming) in more than forty magazines and journals based in seven countries. I have also published poetry and short story translations (from Spanish). In many publications my photographs accompany my writing. All the images on this website, unless otherwise noted, are mine. I recently completed the manuscript for a narrative nonfiction book, No Word for Welcome, which explores how economic globalization intersects with village life in southern Mexico.

I also work as a freelance editor and writing coach. I co-edited, with Mark Kramer, Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Plume/Penguin, 2007), which is widely used by working journalists and by creative writing professors. A recent article in Poets & Writers calls Telling True Stories "one of the best books available on narrative nonfiction."